Archival Details
- Tradition: Chola Bronze
- Period: c. 950
- Medium: bronze
- Dimensions: Overall: 64.1 cm (25 1/4 in.)
- Credit line: Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
- Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1984.2
Chola-period bronzes were cast in South India, chiefly under the Chola dynasty (9th–13th century), using the lost-wax (cire perdue) process. Temple workshops in Tamil Nadu produced processional images of Shaiva and Vaishnava deities that were carried in festival rituals, and the tradition is widely regarded as a high point of Indian metal sculpture for its fluid modeling and iconographic precision.